Thu., Mar. 26, 2015
4:30 PM EDTJets CruiseFans sailing on the Jets Cruise will enjoy 5 days with their favorite current and alumni players, enjoy football themed activities or participate in Q&A sessions and trivia challenges. The Jets Cruise will be departing from Ft. Lauderdale, Florida to Nassau, Bahamas & Key West, Florida.

The sun never sets on Jets Nation! When the season ends, Jets Nation, hosted by Brian Custer and featuring Ray Lucas, takes off, with a weekly studio-based series designed to give fans an inside look at Jets players, coaches and team personnel. Fans will be able to keep abreast of changes and watch as the Jets gear up for the upcoming season.

The sun never sets on Jets Nation! When the season ends, Jets Nation, hosted by Brian Custer and featuring Ray Lucas, takes off, with a weekly studio-based series designed to give fans an inside look at Jets players, coaches and team personnel. Fans will be able to keep abreast of changes and watch as the Jets gear up for the upcoming season.

The sun never sets on Jets Nation! When the season ends, Jets Nation, hosted by Brian Custer and featuring Ray Lucas, takes off, with a weekly studio-based series designed to give fans an inside look at Jets players, coaches and team personnel. Fans will be able to keep abreast of changes and watch as the Jets gear up for the upcoming season.

The sun never sets on Jets Nation! When the season ends, Jets Nation, hosted by Brian Custer and featuring Ray Lucas, takes off, with a weekly studio-based series designed to give fans an inside look at Jets players, coaches and team personnel. Fans will be able to keep abreast of changes and watch as the Jets gear up for the upcoming season.

The sun never sets on Jets Nation! When the season ends, Jets Nation, hosted by Brian Custer and featuring Ray Lucas, takes off, with a weekly studio-based series designed to give fans an inside look at Jets players, coaches and team personnel. Fans will be able to keep abreast of changes and watch as the Jets gear up for the upcoming season.

For Dawan Landry, Ed Reed, Just Another Game

Sure, the Baltimore Ravens might have decided to part ways with future Hall of Fame safety Ed Reed this offseason, but that hasn’t done a thing to keep him away from M&T Bank Stadium.

He returned to Baltimore in Week 3 as a member of the Houston Texans, and this weekend he will go back to his home of 11 years for the second time this season. This time, however, he’ll be accompanied by the player who stood by his side throughout five of those glorious years in Ravens purple, fellow safety Dawan Landry.

But despite the deep-rooted history, emotions will likely be kept in check by both men come Sunday because it’s been there, done that.

“It’s a football game, man,” Reed said this week. “It’s another football game.”

“I’m a couple years removed,” Landry said, “so it was the first place I played in, but I’m past that. Nothing added for me.” He “got the jitters out” after returning to Baltimore as a member of the Jacksonville Jaguars last August for a preseason game.

Of course, the chance to see ex-teammates will never get old, and that feeling is mutual from both sides.

“Reed is like a brother,” Ravens WR Torrey Smith said. “I texted him as soon as he signed with them congratulating him. Obviously, he wants to win and work on that playoff push up there, but none of that matters to our relationship off the field. Once we get on the field, it’s about playing. We’re representing Baltimore. He has Baltimore in his heart, but he’s representing New York.”

“I’m grateful to be where I’m at right now,” Reed said, “where people appreciate you for what you’ve done, what you did over your career, what you can do and what you still do on the football field.”

Of course, with the Ravens sitting at 4-6 and the Jets at 5-5, the return of the safeties is just a subplot in a game that has huge implications for the second AFC Wild Card spot.

“There are bigger things at stake than just going back to Baltimore for us,” Landry made clear. “We’re trying to get a win right now against a good opponent and we’re just approaching it that way.”

A gracious reception for Reed and Landry is likely by the otherwise hostile crowd, but once the whistle blows and the opening kick is under way, Baltimore fans will prefer not to see too many game-changing plays by the two men who used to roam their turf.

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